Brendon Connelly

Current

Director of Finance and Development at Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends
Executive Director at NWYM Foundation

Past

Director of Admissions for Graduate and Professional Studies at George Fox University
Blogger at b5media
Associate Director, Student Financial Services at George Fox University

Organizational Development Manager at Fred Meyer Stores, Inc

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Education

George Fox University
Point Loma Nazarene University

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Industry

Religious Institutions

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Brendon Connelly’s Summary

I'm currently serving as the Director of Finance and Development for a denominational HQ.

Previously I spent several years serving as a university administrator in both Student Financial Services and Graduate Admissions. During this tenure I've spent much of my time and efforts in two places:
1) using technology and common sense to develop systems and workflows that help create greater effectiveness and efficiency for my teams;
2) creating and sustaining marketing efforts for a broad range of degree programs and educational services.

Prior to my service in Higher Education, I spent a number of years working in Human Resources and Organizational Development at a Fortune 500 subsidiary. During this time I helped teams across a range of disciplines redefine their work processes; I participated in a large scale redesign and deployment of a comprehensive benefits package; I surveyed and described work that took place within the organization and developed the positions that did that work; across all these disparate functions, I communicated the "why and wherefore's" to stakeholders.

I am most energized and at my creative best when I am leading internal and external efforts to communicate new concepts, helping decision-makers work through their trade offs, and selling by demonstrating genuine value.

Brendon Connelly’s Specialties:

the ability to understand and appropriately apply tech solutions, people management, organizational development, student financial aid, business writing, university admissions, program development, program marketing and branding, budget development, budget management

Brendon Connelly’s Experience

Director of Finance and Development

Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends

(Religious Institutions industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)
Executive Director

NWYM Foundation

(Religious Institutions industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)
Director of Admissions for Graduate and Professional Studies

George Fox University

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

July 2005 — December 2008 (3 years 6 months)
Blogger

b5media

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

October 2006 — August 2007 (11 months)

Wrote for the Business Channel for b5media.
Associate Director, Student Financial Services

George Fox University

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

August 2002 — July 2005 (3 years )
Organizational Development Manager

Fred Meyer Stores, Inc

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; KR; Retail industry)

August 1999 — January 2002 (2 years 6 months)